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Dipankar Ghose

Dipankar Ghose

Articles by Dipankar Ghose

As India waits for a final verdict, the issues that defined the polls

The 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a mammoth electoral exercise spanning seven phases, concluded on Saturday, and the counting of votes will take place on June 4. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 2, 2024 01:30 IST

In Rohtak, Employment dreams take centre stage in poll season

Thousands of people in Haryana took part in the January recruitment drive held for menial jobs in Israel. (HT file)

Updated on May 24, 2024 23:05 IST

Election in Pincodes: Hearts, minds collide in a fraying Congress stronghold

BJP’s Smriti Irani and Congress’s Kishori Lal Sharma during roadshows in Amethi. (ANI & PTI)

Updated on May 14, 2024 02:50 IST

Lok Sabha elections phase 2: Poll mercury rises as 88 seats up for grabs today

Polling staff carrying EVMs and other polling materials leave for their respective polling stations on the eve of 2nd Phase of voting for the General Elections 2024, in Ghaziabad on Thursday.

Updated on Apr 25, 2024 23:10 IST

Election in Pincodes: As scars heal, disaffection widens in fractured town

Union minister of state Sanjeev Balyan (centre) and RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary(on his left) in Muzaffarnagar on April 9. (X)

Updated on Apr 19, 2024 06:23 IST

Regional parties face battle for relevance in election arena

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar in Aurangabad on March 2. In January, the latter returned to the BJP-led NDA fold. (HT file)

Updated on Mar 17, 2024 24:56 IST

The first single-party majority in a generation

Narendra Modi inspects a guard of honour at Red Fort, during Independence Day celebrations. (HT Photo)

The return of one party dominance

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:23 IST

Scandal, airstrikes, farm plans: 5 key moments

Opposition Parliamentarians protest against the UPA regime at the Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex. (HT Photo)

The return of one party dominance

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:15 IST

Modi, Shah, Rahul Gandhi: 5 key leaders

People at a TMC rally in Midnapore, West Bengal, wait for a helicopter carrying party chief Mamata Banerjee to land, in 2016. (HT Photo)

The return of one party dominance

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:27 IST

Sharp curves: An era of dramatic reversals

Atal Bihari Vajpayee at a rally in Bhopal. (HT Photo)

An era of stable coalitions

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:13 IST

No-trust vote, India Shining, UPA is born: 5 key moments

UPA leaders with copies of the alliance’s common minimum programme in New Delhi. (HT Photo)

An era of stable coalitions

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:12 IST

Vajpayee, Sonia, Manmohan: 5 key leaders

A political rally at Chandwa in Latehar district, Jharkhand. (HT Photo)

An era of stable coalitions

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:12 IST

A time of shaky victories, changing equations

Rajiv Gandhi votes during the 1989 general election. (HT Photo)

a saffron right rises

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:09 IST

Bofors, Janmabhoomi, an assassination: 5 key moments

Rajiv Gandhi's funeral procession makes its way through New Delhi. (HT Photo)

a saffron right rises

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:09 IST

Advani, Narasimha Rao, Jayalalithaa: 5 key leaders

BSP’s Mayawati at an election rally in Varanasi. (HT Photo)

a saffron right rises

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:08 IST

Victory, amid the shadow of change

Voters at a polling booth during the 1984 election. (HT Photo)

a torch is passed

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:07 IST

Southern sojourn, Janata implodes, an assassination: 5 key moments

Indira Gandhi’s funeral procession at Teen Murti Bhawan. (HT Photo)

a torch is passed

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:07 IST

Rajiv Gandhi, Charan Singh, NTR: 5 key leaders

Congress supporters in New Delhi. (HT Photo)

a torch is passed

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:06 IST

After a dark day, a vital shift

Janata Party supporters congratulate Morarji Desai after the 1977 election victory. (HT Photo)

the opposition rallies

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:05 IST

Garibi Hatao, Bangladesh war, Emergency: 5 key moments

Soldiers heading to the frontlines during the Bangladesh war. (HT Photo)

the opposition rallies

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:04 IST

Indira, Kamaraj, Jayaprakash Narayan: 5 key leaders

Supporters of Indira Gandhi. (HT Photo)

the opposition rallies

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:04 IST

A Centre takes shape

Ballot boxes stored in Varanasi. (HT Photo)

the nehruvian era

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:02 IST

States are reorganised, a caste panel formed: 5 key moments

C Rajagopalachari, Vallabhai Patel, and Jawaharlal Nehru. (HT Photo)

the nehruvian era

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 08:02 IST

Nehru, Ambedkar, Shastri: 5 key leaders

An election rally in Amethi. (HT Photo)

the nehruvian era

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 07:58 IST

Parliament security breach: How Bhagat Singh endures, even for the misguided

In a country where history is now increasingly contested, where leaders are valorised and demonised in equal measure, Bhagat Singh is everyone’s hero. (File)

Updated on Dec 14, 2023 23:17 IST

Modi’s guarantees ensured credibility among the people: Raman Singh

Senior BJP leader Raman Singh (ANI)

Updated on Dec 4, 2023 02:12 IST

Misfired OBC gambit, infighting: How to lose a mandate in 5 years

Raipur, Dec 03 (ANI): A view of the Chhattisgarh Congress office during the counting of votes for the State Assembly elections, in Raipur on Sunday. As per official EC trends, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in the state with 54 of the total 90 seats. (ANI Photo) (ANI)

Updated on Dec 4, 2023 01:52 IST

Anti-incumbency a challenge in rural Telangana as BRS eyes return

Telangana chief minister and BRS president K Chandrashekar Rao in Kamareddy on November 9. (PTI)

Updated on Nov 28, 2023 01:28 IST

Telangana elections: BJP’s prospects take hit as it cedes ground

In 2019, the BJP had won 4 of the 17 seats, winning 23% of the vote, and pushing Congress, the traditional opposition, down into third (ANI)

Updated on Nov 26, 2023 20:00 IST

Talks of change shroud AIMIM bastion of Hyderabad after Cong finds space

Hyderabad is perhaps the most important district politically; it has 15 of the 119 seats in the state (HT file photo)

Updated on Nov 26, 2023 24:30 IST

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